About SMLR

Co-Director, Occupational Training and Education Consortium

Faculty

Carmen Martino is the Co-Director of the Rutgers Occupational Training and Education Consortium (OTEC). He has provided technical assistance and strategic research to employers, community based organizations and unions at the national and local levels. His expertise covers a range of topics that include strategic planning, root cause analysis, high performance work systems, basic skills development, organizing, and stewards training.

Research Initiatives

Current research and education projects are focused on improving conditions for vulnerable workers in construction and projects with long-term care facilities that link work environment with quality of care.

Professor Claudia Meer focuses on the areas of training and development and adult learning. She has written the only published book on Customer Education, a career counseling manual on Sex Role Stereotyping in Occupational Choices, and has published in Lifelong Learning, Continuum, and New Jersey Libraries.

Dean of SMLR (through July 31, 2015) and Dean of University College Community

Faculty

Professor Susan J. Schurman is Distinguished Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations and Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where she also serves as Dean of the University College Community. From 1997-2007 she served as the founding president of the National Labor College.

Files

Randall S. Schuler is Distinguished Professor of International Human Resource Management and Human Resource Strategy, Past Director of the Masters in HRM Program, and Founder and Past Director of the Center for Global Strategic Human Resource Management in the Department of Human Resource Management.

Professor and Co-Director of the Ph.D. program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources

Faculty

Professor Patrick McKay received his Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, American Psychological Association, and the Personnel/Human Resources Research Group (PHRRG).